RF's Financial News

Sunday, May 29, 2016

This Memorial Day there
are some incredible, global situations converging.

-Venezuela: All
of the U.S. news outlets have done an excellent job of downplaying the horror
that is going on inside that country. The
country is in melt down mode. On a
regular basis 5,000 people will storm a grocery store because they heard that
there might be ‘bread’ inside. Remember
those Wal-Mart videos showing maniacal shoppers trampling people to death on
Black Friday over a flat screen TV? Image
ten times the number of shoppers, hungry from 3 days of starvation, all hearing
that a bread truck is coming. That’s
Venezuela.

-The Middle East: A
place where it’s common to experience a car bombing, a hostage taking, an ISIS
strike, and of course a modern passenger jet falling from the sky – all in a
single day.

-Europe: The ECU
is still clinging to its 17-nation experiment.
It’s bankrupt, rudderless, and being over-run by migrants. They are still printing 85B Euros a month to
keep these 17 zombie economies alive.
And have $8T sitting in banks accounts, in a dozen countries, earning
negative interest.

-Russia: Amazing
in its calmness as the U.S. and NATO continue to move bases closer to its
border.

-China: Continues
to build military bases on islands that they have created.

And just when you think
that it can’t get any weirder, on the main stage we have Donald and
Hillary.First off, if any of us did
what Hillary did with her e-mail server, we would all be in orange jumpsuits by
now.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dY77j6uBHI]I think all of the current political drama is
a part of a much larger theatre than: ‘Real Estate Mogul’ versus ‘Lifetime Bureaucrat/Liar’.Presidential politics are planned years in
advance – with the people simply buying tickets in November.But this election is different. I mean: Where did Donald Trump come from? Am I to believe that he was just hanging out on
a golf course and one day decided to ‘Give this President thing a shot’?Am I to believe that Donald "Art of the
Deal" Trump decided to put his life on parade for millions to criticize,
run around the country giving speeches – all on a whim? Donald preaches:
‘Negotiate from a position of strength.’So there is NO WAY Donald entered this race without some form of
assurance that he could win.

After all, Trump gets more
media coverage than Hillary and Bernie combined.Media normally costs money, but The Donald has
gotten billions of it, for free. Normally when the media disagrees with
someone they just shut them down by cancelling interviews and erasing news
spots. The media can make you go away by
ignoring you, except if you’re Donald Trump.

Why would the global
elites want Donald Trump in the White House? Surely his stance on everything from building
a wall, making Iran pay, and his views on Muslim terrorists – fly in the face
of globalization?I think the reason The
Donald is there is due to his bankruptcy expertise.I've been talking about a monetary reset for
a few years now, and The Donald is The King of bankruptcies.I know this is convoluted, but what if the
plan is to have a global monetary reset and discharge all debts.You would want someone at the top you can
trust, who is NOT a banker – and someone that could guide J.Q. Public through a
really tough patch. Trump would be the perfect pick.

If there is a monetary
reset, and the U.S. loses it’s grasp on its global currency reserve status –
all ‘heck’ will break loose. J.Q. Public
will not listen to a career politician or a banker. But J.Q. Public may be ‘okay’ with The
Donald.Trump talks like a regular Joe –
rough around the edges. He's not political,
but rather tells you his opinion. He's
been in business, and knows how to work systems. I'm starting to believe that Donald Trump is
actually the elite’s pick for President, because something ugly is coming and Donald
has the history to work through it.

All I can say is: “Get out
the Popcorn”, because these next few months are going to be quite a show.

The Market:

Factually:

-Today, 78% of
the eligible workforce between the ages of 25 and 54 is working – versus 82% in
2000. That 4% difference equates to 6M
fewer jobs, with a rapidly increasing number being taken over by technology.

-For the first
time in 130 years, MORE men aged 18 to 34 are living at home than co-habiting.

-Donald Trump
wants to bring back all of the jobs lost to overseas workers, because he knows
that job retraining won't work as well in the future.

-Commodity prices
have fallen 55% since 2015 – the same margin they fell during the global
financial crisis.

-This week was
the 17th week in a row of stock market institutional selling.

-As oil flirts
with $50/barrel – most of the oil tanker ships around the world lay parked and full
of oil. From Singapore to the U.S., oil
companies are using tanker ships as storage, because there's no place else to
put it.

-The Chinese
devalued their Yuan again – taking it back to 2011 lows.

-The overall
manufacturing conditions are the weakest since October 2009.

-Deutsche Bank paid
$400M in fines for ‘Equity Trading Fraud’.

-25 U.S. Non-Financial
companies – control over HALF of the total amount of cash held by all U.S. Non-Financial
corporations. What makes these companies so different is that they all
are technology companies that generate significant cash flow over-seas.

Memorial
Day is “a day on which those who died in active military service are remembered.”My
father served in WWII, and earned a purple heart.When Vietnam came around I was too young, and
the war ended just as I turned 18. But I lost two older friends in that
affair.For them and the millions like
them I say Thank You.Enjoy this holiday
weekend, and a heartfelt tip of the cap to all of you that have served and
continue to serve.

On the other hand, often the
reason those brave souls were sent to fight these wars boiled down to nothing more
than pure greed.Smedley Darlington Butler (July 30, 1881 - June 21, 1940) was a Major
General in the United States Marine Corps – the highest rank authorized at that
time.At the time of his death he was the
most decorated Marine in U.S. history, and one of only two people EVER to earn
two Medals of Honor.After his military
career had ended, Smedley wrote a book titled: "War is a
Racket". In it he said:

-“WAR is a
racket. It always has been. It
is: possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, and surely the most
vicious of rackets. It is the only racket
in which the profits are collected in dollars and the losses in lives.”

-“A racket is
best described as something that is not what it seems to the majority of the
people. Only a small "inside"
group knows what it is about. It is conducted
for the benefit of the very few, at the expense of the very many.”

-In World War I,
at least 21,000 new millionaires and billionaires were made in the U.S. How
many of these war millionaires shouldered a rifle or dug a trench? How many of them knew what it meant to go
hungry in a rat-infested dugout? How
many of them spent sleepless, frightened nights, ducking shells, shrapnel and
machine gun bullets? How many of them
parried a bayonet, or were wounded in battle?”

-"I spent
over thirty-three years in active military service as a member of this
country's most agile military force, the Marine Corps. I spent most of my time being a high-class muscle
man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the Bankers. In short, I was a gangster for capitalism."

-“I helped
make Mexico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place
for the National City Bank boys. I
helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit
of Wall Street. I helped purify
Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for
American sugar interests in 1916. And in
China I helped to see to it that Standard Oil went its way unmolested.”

And there (in a nutshell)
is why Memorial Day shreds me emotionally. I have an incredible and deep respect for our
fighting crew, and a deep disgust for the greed at the top of the food chain
that orders the wars to take place. Smedley’s ideal was simple: "There are
only two reasons to send our youngsters to war. One is in defense of our homes. The other is in
the defense of our Bill of Rights. Every other reason is a racket, pure and
simple."

In terms of the market
itself, after a couple of monster up days earlier this week, we ended Friday
with the S&P basically at 2100 (2099.6).That was certainly a well-done ‘work of art’ by our Central Bankers. You see, on April 20, we closed with the
S&P at 2102.The market then traded
sideways and down, hitting a low of 2025 on May 19. Since then it has been steadily up, and we're basically
back at that April high. Do the economic
fundamentals warrant a move back up to these levels?Heck no.But fundamentals went out with ‘my father’s Oldsmobile’, and today it's
all about keeping the market up at all costs.

Our Central Bankers have engineered
a ‘stick save’ from the edge of a nasty looking cliff, and now everyone is
breathing a sigh of relief. Is that it? Do we just go up from here, and make all time
new highs? It's possible. With just 35 more points to go for an all time
high, they might as well give it a shot. But, I think it is more probable that they run
into resistance here, and start mildly selling-off around mid-week.

Enjoy the holiday with
your friends and family. If you have the
time, send a good thought along to all who have served and are serving. Thank them for keeping us safe.

TIPS:

I am:

-Long various
mining stocks: AG, AUY, CDE, FFMGF, FSM, NGD, and PAAS,

-Long AMZN June 3
/ 705 Calls,

-Long MA June 3 /
96 Calls,

-Long TSLA June 3
/ 220 Calls,

-Long TLT June /
128 Calls,

-And Long an oil
supplier: REN.

To follow me on Twitter.com and on StockTwits.com to get my daily thoughts
and trades – my handle is: taylorpamm.

Please be safe out there!

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gave on Fearless Investing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2Z9I_6ciH0

Views expressed are provided for
information purposes only and should not be construed in any way as an offer,
an endorsement, or inducement to invest and is not in any way a testimony of,
or associated with Mr. Culbertson's other firms or associations. Mr. Culbertson and related parties are
not registered and licensed brokers. This
message may contain information that is confidential or privileged and is
intended only for the individual or entity named above and does not constitute
an offer for or advice about any alternative investment product. Such advice
can only be made when accompanied by a prospectus or similar offering
document. Past performance
is not indicative of future performance. Please make sure to review important
disclosures at the end of each article.

Note: Joining BARRONS REPORT is not
an offering for any investment. It represents only the opinions of RF
Culbertson and Associates.

PAST RESULTS ARE NOT INDICATIVE OF
FUTURE RESULTS. THERE IS RISK OF LOSS AS WELL AS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR GAIN WHEN
INVESTING IN MANAGED FUNDS. WHEN CONSIDERING ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS (INCLUDING
HEDGE FUNDS) AN INVESTOR SHOULD CONSIDER VARIOUS RISKS INCLUDING THE FACT THAT
SOME PRODUCTS AND OTHER SPECULATIVE INVESTMENT PRACTICES MAY INCREASE RISK OF
INVESTMENT LOSS; MAY NOT BE SUBJECT TO THE SAME REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS AS
MUTUAL FUNDS, OFTEN CHARGE HIGH FEES, AND IN MANY CASES THE UNDERLYING
INVESTMENTS ARE NOT TRANSPARENT AND ARE KNOWN ONLY TO THE INVESTMENT MANAGER.

Alternative investment performance
can be volatile. An investor could lose all or a substantial amount of his or
her investment. Often, alternative investment fund and account managers have
total trading authority over their funds or accounts; the use of a single
advisor applying generally similar trading programs could mean lack of
diversification and, consequently, higher risk. There is often no secondary
market for an investor's interest in alternative investments, and none is
expected to develop.

All material presented herein is
believed to be reliable but we cannot attest to its accuracy. Opinions
expressed in these reports may change without prior notice. Culbertson and/or
the staff may or may not have investments in any funds cited above.

Remember the Blog: <http://rfcfinancialnews.blogspot.com/>
Until next week – be safe.

Sunday, May 22, 2016

Ms.
Yellen, even I was surprised by the ‘unintended consequences’ surrounding the
market’s reaction to the minutes of your last FED meeting. By now I
thought everyone knew that you trained your peeps to talk like hawks, and act
like doves.You all believe that the direct
costs of waiting to raise interest rates (inflation) along with the indirect
costs (pension fund solvency [http://cnnmon.ie/1XFciMB] and people’s savings) are insignificant
at best.Your GDP forecasts are wishful
thinking.You continue to believe that
your policy tools will move the economy quickly in your desired direction, and you
are constantly surprised when they do not.Factually, monitoring the LIBOR rate does a better job of predicting
future FED movements than listening to your rhetoric.And by the way, the LIBOR rate has barely
budged since the release of your last FED minutes – suggesting that no rate hike
is coming in June. Your FED believes that inflation was yesterday’s
problem, and today’s FED problem is stagnant median incomes.Your FED believes that a ridiculously loose monetary
policy and a hyper-inflated stock market will help solve that problem.Your FED is trying to act more like
politicians (trying to manipulate markets with their words) than trying to do
something about it with their actions.Your FED should really study Martin and Volcker, and learn from a more
knowledgeable and effective group.History will remember your FED by their actions and ‘unintended
consequences’, not by their newly acquired, political oratory skill set.

Secondly Ms. Yellen, I’m sure you realize
by now that all of this ‘crap’ is set to hit the fan right about the time Obama
(and presumably you) leave office – yes?As SF and I talked this week, at what point in our nation’s history did our
elected and appointed officials adjust their time horizons to be: “Just make it
right while it’s MY responsibility, because I really don’t care what happens on
the next guy’s watch”?Where did the
Golden Rule go?I assume you know:

-That health
insurers in the state of Washington are throwing the ‘affordable’ portion of
the Affordable Care Act right out the window by requesting a 13.5% premium
increase next year, and offering fewer insurance
choices.

-That the Empire
State manufacturing report that was expected to show a growth reading of +6.5 came
in at a recessionary MINUS 9.

-That 52% of the
most recent lay-offs are in the oil sector, with 2nd place (another
21%) coming from the HIGH-TECH sector.
So the good jobs continue to leave, while the ‘Do you want fries with
that’ continue to grow.

-That the slump
in retail has spread to the agricultural equipment industry – where sales are down
20% year over year (YOY), and to the big truck industry where the numbers are
down 39% YOY.

-And that over 30%
of today’s auto loans are ‘upside-down’ (meaning people owe more than the car
is worth). This is due to auto dealers writing
6, 7 and often 8-year auto loans in order to keep the monthly payment down. With payments that low, it’s no surprise that
people are upside-down after only being 3 years into an 8-year contract. But honestly, didn’t we see this movie before
with the 2007 housing crisis? I guess we
figured that we’d try it with J.Q. Public’s 2nd most expensive asset
this time.

Lastly, I do NOT think
you will ‘hike rates’ in June, but not for the reasons you think.Back in December 2015 the rate on the 10-year
Government bond was 2.24%.You then
raised rates by a quarter of a percentage point, and by February 2016 that same
10-year Government bond had actually dropped to 1.8%.So your rate increase went completely un-noticed
– except for the ‘unintended consequence’ that was the stock market’s negative reaction.If we didn't have an election coming in
November, I would hope that you would raise interest rates in a heartbeat.But I can’t imagine Hillary on stage debating
The Donald without a strong stock market to back her up.Right now the market is barely hanging on,
and despite a FED rate hike being a non-issue, the market could take a big hit
on a rate increase. If I were you, I would wait to see a super-strong May
Non-Farm Payroll Report, along with polling numbers showing a convincing Non-BrExit
(the UK voting to stay in the EU) before I would make a decision to increase
rates.

In the beginning, I
thought that all of these data points surrounding your FED’s actions were just
‘unintended consequences’.Lately
however, I’m growing to believe that you REALLY have it all figured out.You have realized that your economic time
bomb will hit right around election time – when you will have one foot out the
door.And now you’ve planned the ‘Audit
the FED’ bill (that’s making it’s way through the Senate) – to hit just after
your retirement party.

The Market:

Over the last 6
months, we have seen the S&P index go from 2070 in December, to 1810 in
February, to 2100 in April, and now 2052.I do NOT believe the school of thought that the market is building a
strong foundation from which to launch a new bull market, but rather the one
saying that it’s in Central Bank desperation mode – trying to avert a market
crash. One reason for my belief is that for the longest stretch ever
recorded (16 going on 17 weeks) the ‘smart money’ has been selling out of this
market.Secondly, stock buy-backs are
not having the same affect that they had in the recent past.Thirdly, business bankruptcies have soared to
a rate not seen for over a decade.I’m
not talking just about the oil frackers going bankrupt.In fact on Friday we learned that The Sports
Authority (that had announced the closing of SOME stores) has instead decided
to close and liquidate ALL of its stores.Combine all of that with X-FED heads telling us that the FED consciously
inflated the stock market in order to increase the “wealth effect”, and if
stocks would fall it "could trigger
systemic risk" to our entire economy.

Do we keep trading
sideways inside 1825 and 2130? Possibly
– maybe even probably.But one day this
will end.Will the economy recover to
the point we breakout, or will some event cause us to breakdown? My guess
is that we trade sideways until we can't, and then we fail. We crash and work off many years of QE. Right now it’s a struggle, but the FED has
deep pockets.I would not be surprised
if we add to Friday's bounce and go up early in the week. But remember anything you buy this week is a
‘trade’ not an ‘investment’.The
idea of buying something 7 years into a fake recovery at 20 times earnings
– sorry, that math just doesn’t work for me.But snagging a few stocks for a quick 10-15% return, and hopping out
before the next wave of selling hits, makes perfect sense to me. Closing over 2060 on the S&P would be mildly
bullish, and over 2066 would be even more bullish.Closing under 2040 would spell near term
disaster.Watch the numbers.

The AG Play:

If you played AG with
me back in the fall, you are sitting pretty.For every $10,000 you invested, you’re sitting $74,500 richer today.Many of you (that have written to me) have
told me that this 650% uptake in 9 months – is the best trade you ever made in
your entire life.Again I say -
congratulations.So this week I’d like
to give you a couple more places where I think we can prosper just like we did
in AG.First off, AG was a really good
mining company – with a good management team.Secondly, their stock was priced at 10% of it’s all-time high.And lastly, AG had long-term (January 2018)
options in order to minimize risk.

NGD is the next stock
that I would consider.It’s a good
company, and it has weathered the downturn.The only problem is that the mining sector is red hot lately. Many miners are already up 200%, and taking
on a new position could very well move into the red quickly if the sector
experiences a pullback. However, these
types of plays are all about the future. I continue to believe that we’re heading
toward an economic ‘reset’.I think gold
has a date with $3,800 and silver north of $70 as the Chinese are buying it, and
every Central bank is storing it. If I’m right and a major event takes
place in the next 19 months, the mining stocks will be the biggest
winners.

If you bought 1,000
shares of NGD stock at $4.21 and it went to its $14 high – you would net about
a $9k profit.However, if we executed a
strategy like we did in AG, that profit would be closer to $25k.Currently, NGD is selling for $4.21.I am looking at the $4, January 2018 call option
chain, and I’m seeing overhead resistance at the $5 level.Now, the ideal situation may be to let the
stock get over that $5 resistance level before investing in it, but we have a
LOT of time between now and January of 2018. The $4 options were adjusted
down by 3% on Wednesday, and you can buy them for about $1.55 each.The $4’s are 21 cents in the money, and as
NGD rises we should be able to buy twice as many $8’s with our $4 profits –
similar to the AG trade. Because of the ‘red hot’ nature of the sector, I
would buy half your normal size now, and the other half if we get a slight pullback
in the next couple of months.

I like AUY (another
miner) for the same reasons, and although I already have it from when it was
$2.75, I am going to buy more next week.AUY was a $20 stock, 3 years ago.I think that it could get there again. You can buy the $5, January 2018 calls for
$1.47 and once the stock gets to $10 – you roll the $5 calls into twice as many
$10’s.

CDE is another miner
that could rise to $50 – as it did a couple years ago.Unfortunately CDE options are a little
expensive, so I would move to the $10 options and buy them for about $2.The mechanics would be the same: when CDE
gets to $15 - sell the $10’s and get TWICE as many $15's. Then at $15, sell them, and buy TWICE as many $20's.

Finally, SSRI has
partnered with a Canadian company called Golden Arrow (GARWF). The head of Golden Arrow has just found ‘potentially’
the biggest silver deposit on earth, and has partnered with both PAAS and SSRI.
You can get the $10, January 2018 call
options on SSRI for about $2.85 per option.SSRI (once a $40 stock) is
currently trading for $9.67, and when SSRI gets to $15, I would trade those $10
options in for TWICE as many $15’s.

PAAS has access to
the bulk of Golden Arrow's biggest find (1.1B ounces) in Argentina. PAAS options are a little expensive, but an
investment in the $15’s could be rolled to the $20’s and correspondingly into
the $25’s and $30’s.

Could this really
work, OR maybe we just got lucky with AG. I think that over the next couple years we're
going to see much higher gold and silver. If you like penny stocks – then just buy some
shares in GARWF for $0.58 / share – and wait for a year.You should wake up on January 2018 with a
smile on your face.

TIPS:

-SPY (S&P indicator)
could rally this week due to the put/call ratio being close to 1. 90% of the time that there are this many
‘short positions’ in the market, a rally ensues that brings the ratio down
closer to 0.85,

-Tesla (TSLA)
could move higher into $232,

-Google (GOOGL)
could move higher into $750,

-EOG could move
higher into $84.33,

-Facebook (FB) has
the highest ownership within all hedge funds, and is in the top 10 holdings of more
hedge funds than any other stock. That normally indicates that they’re
NOT going to be selling it any time soon so a long position in FB would not be
a bad choice,

To follow me on Twitter.com and on StockTwits.com to get my daily thoughts
and trades – my handle is: taylorpamm.

Please be safe out there!

Disclaimer:

Expressed thoughts proffered within
the BARRONS REPORT, a Private and free weekly economic newsletter, are those of
noted entrepreneur, professor and author, R.F. Culbertson, contributing sources
and those he interviews. You
can learn more and get your free subscription by visiting: <http://rfcfinancialnews.blogspot.com>
.

Please write to Mr. Culbertson at:
<rfc@culbertsons.com>
to inform him of any reproductions, including when and where copy will be
reproduced. You may use in complete form or, if quoting in brief, reference
<rfcfinancialnews.blogspot.com>.

If you'd like to view RF's actual
stock trades - and see more of his thoughts - please feel free to sign up as a
Twitter follower - "taylorpamm"
is the handle.

If you'd like to see RF in action -
teaching people about investing - please feel free to view the TED talk that he
gave on Fearless Investing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2Z9I_6ciH0

Views expressed are provided for
information purposes only and should not be construed in any way as an offer,
an endorsement, or inducement to invest and is not in any way a testimony of,
or associated with Mr. Culbertson's other firms or associations. Mr. Culbertson and related parties are
not registered and licensed brokers. This
message may contain information that is confidential or privileged and is
intended only for the individual or entity named above and does not constitute
an offer for or advice about any alternative investment product. Such advice
can only be made when accompanied by a prospectus or similar offering
document. Past performance
is not indicative of future performance. Please make sure to review important
disclosures at the end of each article.

Note: Joining BARRONS REPORT is not
an offering for any investment. It represents only the opinions of RF
Culbertson and Associates.

PAST RESULTS ARE NOT INDICATIVE OF
FUTURE RESULTS. THERE IS RISK OF LOSS AS WELL AS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR GAIN WHEN
INVESTING IN MANAGED FUNDS. WHEN CONSIDERING ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS (INCLUDING
HEDGE FUNDS) AN INVESTOR SHOULD CONSIDER VARIOUS RISKS INCLUDING THE FACT THAT
SOME PRODUCTS AND OTHER SPECULATIVE INVESTMENT PRACTICES MAY INCREASE RISK OF
INVESTMENT LOSS; MAY NOT BE SUBJECT TO THE SAME REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS AS
MUTUAL FUNDS, OFTEN CHARGE HIGH FEES, AND IN MANY CASES THE UNDERLYING
INVESTMENTS ARE NOT TRANSPARENT AND ARE KNOWN ONLY TO THE INVESTMENT MANAGER.

Alternative investment performance
can be volatile. An investor could lose all or a substantial amount of his or
her investment. Often, alternative investment fund and account managers have
total trading authority over their funds or accounts; the use of a single
advisor applying generally similar trading programs could mean lack of
diversification and, consequently, higher risk. There is often no secondary
market for an investor's interest in alternative investments, and none is
expected to develop.

All material presented herein is
believed to be reliable but we cannot attest to its accuracy. Opinions
expressed in these reports may change without prior notice. Culbertson and/or
the staff may or may not have investments in any funds cited above.

Remember the Blog: <http://rfcfinancialnews.blogspot.com/>
Until next week – be safe.

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First base is your speech application. Applications need to recognize voice commands, understand accents, languages, and colloquial enunciations, everyone sees the industry moving in this direction - from buying airline tickets to feeding your Xbox commands - virtually everything needs voice technology. Second base is web interactivity – the ability to ask a web avatar a question – in your own words – in your own language (very similar to speech). The extra element the web provides is instant connectivity to thousands of “friends” receiving and sending status updates - allowing your product to reach a wider audience, cheaper – better - faster.
Third base takes includes your mobile device. Apple has sold over 2 million ipads in 2 months – even though it’s only been released in 9 countries. 5 Billion iPhone apps have been downloaded. AT&T stopped taking orders for the iPhone 4G after being open for 27 HOURS. So if mobile devices are NOT be a part of your strategy, think again. And just do the math – a mobile device application can be written for tens of thousands – and circulated to millions of people – giving you a total cost of ownership in the ‘pennies’ - what other device offers that consistency - scalability – and cost?

Our job at GetAbby is to put you in position to score. We bring it all HOME. We take all three of these sigles, combine them, and allow you to bring it HOME in one application. GetABBY provides the technology that allows you to book airline tickets over the phone, and have the confirmation ticket sent straight to your mobile device, and confirm thru an avatar on the web – where the avatar will present you with more money saving ideas on additional places to stay. We’re there for you, ready to take you past third base – taking it home, however; is up too you to GetABBY.